Hotel Franklin
Hotel Franklin | |
Location in Oklahoma | |
Location | 217 West Jefferson, Mangum, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 34°52′26″N 99°30′23″W / 34.87389°N 99.50639°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1929 |
Built by | McMillen-Shelton Co. |
Architect | Layton, Hicks & Forsyth |
Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
NRHP reference No. | 07000520[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 31, 2007 |
The Hotel Franklin, at 217 West Jefferson in Mangum, Oklahoma, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
It is a five-story, red brick building located at the northwest comer of Mangum's town square, specifically at the northwest corner of West Jefferson Street and West Commerce Alley.[2]
It was designed by architects Layton, Hicks & Forsyth and was built by contractor McMillen-Shelton Co. It is 51 by 112 feet (16 m × 34 m) in plan and is generally Renaissance Revival in style, with elements of classical and Mediterranean motifs. It has a three-part form of some skyscrapers, with base, shaft and capital. It has a reinforced concrete frame, with hollow clay tile curtain walls, sheathed in break. Carthage stone is used for trim. The hotel is topped by a neon "Hotel Franklin" sign.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Deah Linza Johnson; Jim Gabbert (December 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Franklin". National Park Service. Retrieved November 9, 2018. With accompanying 12 photos